Sixth-form students (secondary school students) who had expressed varying degress of commitment to entering teaching as a career reported on their knowledge of the teaching profession, their expectations for teacher training and their own educational experiences. (Author/RK)

A structured record form was tried out by a nursery nurses in one nursery school over a two-year period. Discussion centers on the problems and advantages of the particular approach used and on general issues related to record keeping at nursery school level. (Author)

There are different kinds and degrees of mental handicap. Certain general principles have evolved on which current thinking about the mentally handicapped child in residential care is based. One of the three interacting sets of factors considered here is the relevance of changes in public and professional attitudes to mental handicap. (Author/RK)

In addition to countering the arguments of Gray and Satterly in their article, "A Chapter of Errors", this research presents an overview of the latest research, all of which provides supporting evidence for the results and issues raised in "Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress". (Author/RK)

An aspect of childhood experience which may be universal is the recitation and enjoyment of traditional rhymes and games. Common threads can be traced in the themes, rhythmic repetition and types of activity found in examples of traditional games and rhymes from Great Britain, Nigeria and Uganda. (Author)

One hundred and twenty-two elementary school classrooms reportedly engaged in open education in the State of New York were visited and a list of criteria produced. Discusses nine criteria that appeared to be essential to the operation of open education. (Author/RK)

Six studies of the reading standards of British school children were critically reviewed, special attention being paid to the statistical analysis and evaluation of results. (Author/RK)

This paper illustrated the kind of basic thinking required before values are studied or measured. (Author/RK)

Fifty-six children between the ages of two years four months and four years ten months were given tests relating to the acquisition of both 'specific' and 'generic' concepts. (Author)

This article attempted to discover whether it would be both feasible and educationally desirable to extend the teaching of a foreign language to pupils who represented a wider range of age and ability than those to whom foreign languages had traditionally been taught. (Author/RK)

This study is of a relatively small but unselected group of children and investigates the practical value of intelligence and personality tests in predicting attainment. (Author)

Twenty-two teachers were asked to give their opinion as to the ability being tested by each item in two multiple-choice examination papers. (Author)

Recent years have seen the emergence of new types of provision for the 16-19 age group in both the schools and further education sectors. This paper briefly outlines the various institutions now in operation and the rationale behind each type. (Author)

This paper examined the merits of offering students a temporary alternative route to higher education and professional employment. (Author/RK)

The educational needs of mentally handicapped children in the 'new' day special schools were examined from three major perspectives. (Author/RK)